July 2000 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse July 16, 2000
Sequence of Central total eclipse
The Moon's path through the Earth's shadow.
Gamma	0.0302
Series (and member)	129 (37)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	1:47:00
Partial	3:56:38
Penumbral	6:17:54
Contacts
P1	10:46:38 UTC
U1	11:57:17 UTC
U2	13:02:05 UTC
Greatest	13:55:36 UTC
U3	14:49:06 UTC
U4	15:53:55 UTC
P4	17:04:31 UTC
The Moon passed straight through the center of the Earth's shadow at the descending node in Sagittarius of its orbit. Eastern Australia got the best views with mid eclipse occurring at midnight.

A total lunar eclipse took place on July 16, 2000, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 2000.

The Moon passed through the very center of the Earth's shadow. Totality lasted for 107 minutes, the longest duration since July 26, 1953 and August 13, 1859, and next longer won't be until the year 3000.

Visibility

It could be seen completely over Australia, seen rising over Asia, and Eastern Africa, and setting over Western North and South America.

Related eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1998–2002
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
109	1998 Aug 08	Penumbral		114	1999 Jan 31	Penumbral
119	1999 Jul 28	Partial		124	2000 Jan 21	Total
129	2000 Jul 16	Total		134	2001 Jan 09	Total
139	2001 Jul 05	Partial		144	2001 Dec 30	Penumbral
149	2002 Jun 24	Penumbral
Last set	1998 Sep 06			Last set	1998 Mar 13
Next set	2002 May 26			Next set	2002 Nov 20

Saros series

Lunar saros cycle series 129, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 11 total lunar eclipses.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 2000 Jul 16, lasting 108 minutes.[1]	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1351 Jun 10	1513 Sep 15	1910 May 24	1946 Jun 14
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	2036 Aug 7	2090 Sep 8	2469 Apr 26	2613 Jul 24

1901–2100

1910 May 24		1928 Jun 3		1946 Jun 14
1964 Jun 25		1982 Jul 6		2000 Jul 16
2018 Jul 27		2036 Aug 7		2054 Aug 18
2072 Aug 28		2090 Sep 8

Tritos series

The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.

This series produces 23 total eclipses between June 22, 1880 and August 9, 2120.

Tritos eclipse series (subset 1901–2100)

Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type chart		Saros	Date Viewing	Type chart
119	1902 Apr 22	Partial		120	1913 Mar 22	Partial
121	1924 Feb 20	Partial		122	1935 Jan 19	Partial
124	1945 Dec 19	Partial		125	1956 Nov 18	Total
126	1967 Oct 18	Total		127	1978 Sep 16	Total
128	1989 Aug 17	Total		129	2000 Jul 16	Total
130	2011 Jun 15	Total		131	2022 May 16	Total
132	2033 Apr 14	Total		133	2044 Mar 13	Total
134	2055 Feb 11	Total		135	2066 Jan 11	Total
136	2076 Dec 10	Total		137	2087 Nov 10	Total
138	2098 Oct 10	Total

Inex series

The inex series repeats eclipses 20 days short of 29 years, repeating on average every 10571.95 days. This period is equal to 358 lunations (synodic months) and 388.5 draconic months. Saros series increment by one on successive Inex events and repeat at alternate ascending and descending lunar nodes.

This period is 383.6734 anomalistic months (the period of the Moon's elliptical orbital precession). Despite the average 0.05 time-of-day shift between subsequent events, the variation of the Moon in its elliptical orbit at each event causes the actual eclipse time to vary significantly.

All events in this series shown (from 1000 to 2500 and beyond) are central total lunar eclipses.

Inex series from 1000–2500 AD

Descending node		Ascending node		Descending node		Ascending node
Saros	Date	Saros	Date	Saros	Date	Saros	Date
95	1016 May 24	96	1045 May 3	97	1074 Apr 14	98	1103 Mar 25
99	1132 Mar 3	100	1161 Feb 12	101	1190 Jan 23	102	1219 Jan 2
103	1247 Dec 13	104	1276 Nov 23	105	1305 Nov 2	106	1334 Oct 13
107	1363 Sep 23	108	1392 Sep 2	109	1421 Aug 13	110	1450 Jul 24
111	1479 Jul 4	112	1508 Jun 13	113	1537 May 24	114	1566 May 4
115	1595 Apr 24	116	1624 Apr 3	117	1653 Mar 14	118	1682 Feb 21
119	1711 Feb 3	120	1740 Jan 13	121	1768 Dec 23	122	1797 Dec 4
123	1826 Nov 14	124	1855 Oct 25	125	1884 Oct 4	126	1913 Sep 15
127	1942 Aug 26	128	1971 Aug 6	129	2000 Jul 16	130	2029 Jun 26
131	2058 Jun 6	132	2087 May 17	133	2116 Apr 27	134	2145 Apr 7
135	2174 Mar 18	136	2203 Feb 26	137	2232 Feb 7	138	2261 Jan 17
139	2289 Dec 27	140	2318 Dec 9	141	2347 Nov 19	142	2376 Oct 28
143	2405 Oct 8	144	2434 Sep 18	145	2463 Aug 29	146	2492 Aug 8

See also

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

Notes

External links

• Total Lunar Eclipse of 2000 July 16
• 2000 Jul 16 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
• Total Lunar Eclipse July 16, 2000
• Lunar Eclipse Facts: July 16, 2000
• NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Newton Crater: Evidence for Recent Water on Mars (26 July 2000)
• Total Lunar Eclipse of 2000 July 16 A Report with Photographs ©2000 by Fred Espenak]
• Total lunar eclipse 16 July 2000, as seen from Wellington New Zealand

Lunar eclipses
Lists of lunar eclipses	All Central total eclipses Total penumbral eclipses Historically significant
Lunar eclipses by century	20th BCE 19th BCE 18th BCE 17th BCE 16th BCE 15th BCE 14th BCE 13th BCE 12th BCE 11th BCE 10th BCE 9th BCE 8th BCE 7th BCE 6th BCE 5th BCE 4th BCE 3rd BCE 2nd BCE 1st BCE 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th
Lunar eclipses by Saros series	100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163
Partial eclipses 1950–2049	1952 Feb 1952 Aug 1954 Jul 1955 Nov 1956 May 1958 May 1959 Mar 1961 Mar 1961 Aug 1963 Jul 1965 Jun 1970 Feb 1970 Aug 1972 Jul 1973 Dec 1974 Jun 1976 May 1977 Apr 1979 Mar 1981 Jul 1983 Jun 1988 Aug 1990 Aug 1991 Dec 1992 Jun 1994 May 1995 Apr 1997 Mar 1999 Jul 2001 Jul 2005 Oct 2006 Sep 2008 Aug 2009 Dec 2010 Jun 2012 Jun 2013 Apr → 2017 Aug 2019 Jul 2021 Nov 2023 Oct 2024 Sep 2026 Aug 2028 Jan 2028 Jul 2030 Jun 2034 Sep 2035 Aug 2037 Jul 2039 Jun 2039 Nov 2041 May 2041 Nov 2046 Jan 2046 Jul 2048 Jun
Total eclipses 1950–2049	1950 Apr 1950 Sep 1953 Jan 1953 Jul 1954 Jan 1956 Nov 1957 May 1957 Nov 1960 Mar 1960 Sep 1963 Dec 1964 Jun 1964 Dec 1967 Apr 1967 Oct 1968 Apr 1968 Oct 1971 Feb 1971 Aug 1972 Jan 1974 Nov 1975 May 1975 Nov 1978 Mar 1978 Sep 1979 Sep 1982 Jan 1982 Jul 1982 Dec 1985 May 1985 Oct 1986 Apr 1986 Oct 1989 Feb 1989 Aug 1990 Feb 1992 Dec 1993 Jun 1993 Nov 1996 Apr 1996 Sep 1997 Sep 2000 Jan 2000 Jul 2001 Jan 2003 May 2003 Nov 2004 May 2004 Oct 2007 Mar 2007 Aug 2008 Feb 2010 Dec 2011 Jun 2011 Dec 2014 Apr 2014 Oct 2015 Apr 2015 Sep → 2018 Jan 2018 Jul 2019 Jan 2021 May 2022 May 2022 Nov 2025 Mar 2025 Sep 2026 Mar 2028 Dec 2029 Jun 2029 Dec 2032 Apr 2032 Oct 2033 Apr 2033 Oct 2036 Feb 2036 Aug 2037 Jan 2040 May 2040 Nov 2043 Mar 2043 Sep 2044 Mar 2044 Sep 2047 Jan 2047 Jul 2048 Jan
Penumbral eclipses	Partial Previous penumbral: 2016 Sep 16 Next penumbral: → 2017 Feb 11 Total 1963 Jan 09 1981 Jan 20 1988 Mar 03 1999 Jan 31 2006 Mar 14 → 2042 May 05 2053 Aug 29
See also	Danjon scale Gamma
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